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Examine the role of Sardar Patel in the integration of princely states.

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After the partition, there were 555 princely states within the Indian Union. To integrate them in the Indian Union was a herculean task. Sardar Patel was the Union Minister entrusted with this mission.

The States Department was formed with this purpose under Sardar Patel, the Deputy Prime Minister. V.P.Menon was the Secretary of the States Department. 

Sardar Patel handled effectively the integration of princely states with his diplomatic skills and foresightedness. Patel and Menon prepared the Instrument of Accession to integrate the native states. Almost all the princely states joined the Indian Union after signing the Instrument of Accession. 

The princely states of Junagadh, Kashmir and Hyderabad refused to join the Indian Union at first. But Patel integrated them through a military intervention and conciliation talks.



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